i'd like to nominate Igorrr's Savage Sinusoid. Surprised it's not already here!
― beard papa, Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Everything mentioned on the thread should now be in the spreadsheet. We're at a hair under 200 noms; we had 474 last year. Keep 'em coming!
― Simon H., Monday, 11 December 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
If no-one bites, I'll do it:<b>Nokturnal Mortum - Істина</b>
and
<b>Colotyphus - Остання подорож зневіреної душіProgenie Terrestre Pura - oltreLunaWindswept - The Great Cold SteppeForteresse - Récits PatriotiquesDesolate Shrine - Deliverance From the Godless VoidNone - NoneEntrails - World InfernoVeldes - The Bitterness ProphecyGhost Bath - StarmournerNeige et Noirceur - VerglapolisWidziadło - VoidKartikeya - SamudraRaventale - PlanetariumDyscarnate - With All Their MightNecrot - Blood OfferingsBeheaded - Beast IncarnateExhumed - Death RevengeGod Dethroned - The World AblazeSeveroth - ForestpathsAzarath - In ExtremisW - WinterwombBelphegor - TotenritualKalmankantaja - DemonwoodsSvart Crown - AbreactionGrift - ArvetSinister - SyncretismLustre - Still InnocenceSuffocation - Of The Dark Light</b>
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
ah fckn bbcode.
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
Will probably be voting for NM even if their frontman's disavowal of terrible beliefs was transparently disingenuous - it was a good album. I wish I knew nothing else about the band than their music
― imago, Monday, 11 December 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
This will probably also ruin the chances of QOTSA winning.
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
So is Eastern European exoticism part of Nokturnal Mortum's appeal? To be fair, I've only heard their first two records but they reminded me of post-1989 village wedding bands hellbent on showcasing their portable Yamaha keyboard at every gig.
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 December 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
xp
I've no doubts that Qotsa will suffer in ILX polls from now on much in the same way Swans did.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 11 December 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
tbf I wouldn't have imagined it placing above the mid-50s in any case
― Simon H., Monday, 11 December 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Pretty sure I already know what will get #1 :x
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
Bagarre générale - Tohu-BohuBlack Anvil - As WasBlattaria - BlattariaThe Clearing Path - Watershed Between Firmament and the Realm of HyperboreaCormorant - DiasporaDodecahdron - KwintessensDreadnought - A Wake in Sacred WavesEhnahre - The MarrowEntheos - Le ZahirGasp - Ghost in Scow OutGGUW - BEHAUPTUNGSANIMALITÄTHathenter - Hathenter OuijaKlabautamann - SmaragdLocust Leaves - A Subtler Kind of LightMutoid Man - War MoansNjiqahdda - Clouds Upon the SanctuaryPryapisme - Diabolicus felinae pandemoniumQhwertt - Sympathetic HorrorRubedo Nocturno - O grande pai: Abismo incriadoShaarimoth - Temple of the Adversarial FireShardik - ShardikTodesstoß - Ebne GraunUngfell - TôtbringæreVin de Mia Trix - PalimpsestsWeeping Sores - Weeping SoresWintaar - Wintaar
btw the Krallice album is called Go Be Forgotten, not To... sorry to be a pedant.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
I keep making that mistake, sorry
― Dinsdale, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, December 11, 2017 6:21 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I can think of something that'll get at least 2 #1 votes :D
ILX surely not boring enough to vote Bell Witch #1
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Bell Witch will probably be on my ballot, but fairly low. the length really does make it a prohibitive thing.
― Simon H., Monday, 11 December 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
I didn't like the Bell Witch album that much but I don't resent their popularity. But I seem to remember speculation about placings etc is frowned upon so I'll just say they weren't who I was thinking of and leave it at that.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
Oh I didn't mind it. Perfectly pleasant, gave it 6/10. I will now work out what you were thinking of and not spill it all over ILM
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
why not get some early campaigning for albums done? It always helps album placings when people campaign for them
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
oh I just realised who you're thinking of
ugh ffs
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
Occvlta - Night Without EndAntichrist - Sinful BirthSlaegt - Domus MystriumSpectral Voice - Eroded Corridors Of UnbeingHallas - Excerpts from a future pastPagan Altar - Room of ShadowMalokarpatan - NordkarpatenlandBlack Cilice - Banished from TimeThe Ruins Of Beverast - ExuviaPossession - ExorkizeinHorisont - About TimeGhold - StoicVoid Tendril - Ensnaring the DemiurgeRagana - You Take NothingInsurgency - Militant Death CultCurved Blade - Coiled TogetherJordablod - Upon My CremationTetragrammacide - Primal Incinerators of Moral MatrixMaggot Heart - City GirlsNatur - Smoking MirrorsDemon Head - Thunder on the Fields
― BlueCrystalFire, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
I'd like to offer a shout-out to last year's deserved runaway winners Oranssi Pazuzu, who released a 2-track EP that's definitely too short to nominate here, but which contains one of the best metal SONGS of the year, Värimyrsky. Keep it up you crazy spacemen
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
I totally overlooked that, I often ignore EPs for some reason. Virus had one out too this year as well that I haven't heard.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
oh shit cool
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
fuckit
Oranssi Pazuzu - FarmakologinenVirus - Investigator
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
fyi Farmakologinen is a rerelease of their first EP and I was thinking of Kevät/Värimyrsky
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
But yeah, if people could talk about their favourite metal albums that would be delightful cheers
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
xp oooops good catch
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
aye i hate waiting for voting thread to hear about what to listen to, sell me on good albums now so they have time to sink in, i cant do that lj thing of hearing the album of the year on first listen, lol. Not criticising him btw, its just not something i do usually.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
Have listened to my own #1 metal choice maaaaaybe twenty times over the last five days fyi. and already recommended it to you :P
let others have the floor
― your meat, my veg (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
Mostly EP's, splits etc:
Abigor / Nightbringer / Thy Darkened Shade / Mortuus - SplitDeath Like Mass - Jak zabija DiabełDrudkh / Paysage d'Hiver - Somewhere Sadness Wanders / Schnee (IV)Thantifaxath - Void Masquerading As MatterVanum - Burning ArrowSinmara - Within The Weaves Of InfinityWearg - Hæðen War MetalExtremety - Extremely Fucking DeadImindain - The Enemy Of Fetters And The Dweller In The WoodsÁrstíðir Lifsins - HeljarkviðaWarloghe - Lucifer AscendsWederganger / Urfaust - SplitColdWorld - Wolves And SheepFides Inversa - Rite of Inverse IncarnationSinmara / Misþyrming - SplitOranssi Pazuzu - Kevät / VärimyrskyOranssi Pazuzu - FarmakologinenMesarthim - PresenceTomb Mold - Cryptic Transmissions
And the year wouldn't be complete without
Goatpenis - Anesthetic Vapor
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Trying to think of something I haven't mentioned throughout the year... well I know some people round here like quasi-prog OSDM (name subject to change) so I'll boost the Execration - Return to the Void, it's a lot leaner than their previous album and maybe a sharper attack, in any case it's got those space monster vibes and great big dirty riffs that everyone should love.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
That Mesarthim EP is really lovely as usual
― Cardi ACS (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Yellow Eyes released my favourite "straight" black metal album this year, those riffs are USBM perfection.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
Corpse Garden have taken death metal to new Costa Rican levels with their weirdly-titled and utterly kickass IAO 269
― Cardi ACS (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Grav - Tomb Of AgonyGrav - Fordærvet DjævelskabSadness - OtroDélétère - Per Aspera Ad PestilentiamExquirla - Para quienes aún vivenÁrstíðir Lifsins - Heljarkviða
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
Arkhon Infaustus - Passing The Nekromanteion
― Siegbran, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
Oranssi Pazuzu - Farmakologinen
This was a rerelease, right?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
Heavydeath - Sarcophagus in the Sky
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
Folks, we're at almost 300 nominees, so please check the spreadsheet or ctrl-f the thread to avoid adding duplicates. One week left to nominate!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:48 (six years ago) link
Nupraptor - The Heresiarch
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
oops that should've been bold
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
hey guys check thishttps://www.instagram.com/p/BcKqJHFAdQj/
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
surely any baby conveyance labelled with Pantera should be one of those massive obnoxious fucking battle-carriages people insist on bringing onto buses
― Cardi Acs (imago), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
Why did I wait so long to listen to the Oxbow album?
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
thanks for nominating the Tomb Mold EP Siegbran, didn't want to split votes there, but I'll happily vote for both
― Dominique, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
lots of good and new-to-me stuff in the stereogum liststereogum.com/1975088/the-best-metal-albums-of-2017/franchises/2017-in-review%3famp=1
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
now that is more fuckin like it
― Cardi Acs (imago), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
Telekinetic Yeti - AbominableMara Balls - Elävä kiviImajinary Friends - The Imajinary FriendsThe Cosmic Dead - Psych is DeadSundays & Cybele - Chaos & SystemsAcid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Wandering The Outer SpaceDesmadrados Soldados De Ventura - The Grand Celestial PurgeLiquidarlo Celuloide - SuperfriccionDeep Space Destructors - PsychedologyFeral Ohms - Feral OhmsKorto - Korto
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
^now that's less like it!
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Before I forget:
Cloud Rat / Disrotted - Split LP
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
Spirit Adrift – Curse Of Conception Purple Hill Witch – Celestial Cemetry The Doomsday Kingdom – The Doomsday Kingdom Demon Eye – Prophecies And Lies With The Dead – Love From With The Dead Monolord – Rust Beastmaker – Inside The Skull Night Viper – Exterminator Ironflame – Lightning Strikes The CrownSorcerer – The Crowning Of The Fire King Venomous Maximus – No WarningAngus Black – Angus Black Clouds Taste Satanic – The Glitter Of Infinite HellCardinals Folly – Deranged Pagan Sons Endon – Through The Mirror Astral Mass – Astral Mass Squalus – The Great Fish Flight Of Sleipnir – Skadi Usnea – Portals Into Futility Unleash The Archers – Apex Vokonis – The Sunken Djinn Midnight – Sweet Death And Ecstasy Akercocke – Renaissance In Extremis Portrait – Burn The World Kal-El – Astrodoomeda The Lurking Fear – Out Of The Voiceless Grave Legionairre – Dawn Of Genesis Caronte – YONI Devil – To The Gallows Olde – Temple Hela – Death May Die Wormwitch – Strike Mortal Soul Cities Of Mars – Temporal Rifts Sunrot – Sunnata Manilla Road – To Kill A King Walpyrgus – Walpyrgus NightsAlunah – Solennial Dread Sovereign – For Doom The Bell Tolls Obituary – Obituary Ayreon – The Source Destroyer Of Light – Chamber Of Horrors The Contortionist – Clairvoyant Possessor – The Ripper Cloak – To Venomous Depths Pain Of Salvation – In The Passing Light Of Day Kreator – Gods Of Violence Perhihelion Ship – To Paint A Bird Of Fire Procession – Doom Decimation Olde – Temple Monarch! – Never Forever Shroud Eater – Strike The Sun Integrity – Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume Dirty Grave – Evil Desire Green Druid – Ashen Blood Kobra And The Lotus – Prevail I Below – Upon A Pale Horse OHHMS – The Fool Night Demon – Darkness Remains Threshold – Legends Of The Shires Night – Raft Of The World Mausoleum Gate – Into A Dark Divinity (Cruz Del Sur)Wounded Giant – Vae Victis I Klatus – Nagual Sun Horrific – Your Worst Nightmare
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
Hey, this Elder album isn't half bad you know. This kind of "stoner" stuff isn't usually my kind of thing.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
...And you will know us by the Crack the Skye
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The Body - A Home on Earth
― gman59, Thursday, 21 December 2017 08:12 (six years ago) link
I just found a few more via those handy new Spotify genre lists
Throane - Plus une main a mordreVassafor - MaledictionJoDöden - Sittandes i sjön med vatten över huvudetSaiva - Markerna bortomVukari - Divination
― Simon H., Thursday, 21 December 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
Is it common knowledge that Phil from Vassafor played bass for the Chills once? Just for a tour. So weird.
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 21 December 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
imago, you might get some mileage from the Multishiva album? It's basically blackened sludge with lots of Värähtelijä-style effects on top
https://multishiva.bandcamp.com/album/time-messer
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
Voting thread is up. Could a mod kindly lock this one?
The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 December 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link